An algorithm for designing minimal microbial communities with desired metabolic capacities

Bioinformatics

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 2008-2016

  Eng, Alexander ^a   Borenstein, Elhanan ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; METABOLISM; MICROFLORA; PHYSIOLOGY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MICROBIOTA; PROGRAMMING, LINEAR;

EID: 84977163097     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btw107     Document Type: Article

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